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AISI 310S Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel

Both AISI 310S stainless steel and EN 1.8838 steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310S stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8838 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 210
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 44
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 280
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 350
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 310
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.054
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 48.3 to 57
95 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.23
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.85
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.027
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.65
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14